Boston College and Northeastern both concluded their 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament runs on Sunday with regional losses, while top-seeded UCLA also exited the tournament after an upset in extra innings.

In Athens, Georgia, Boston College’s season ended following an 8-3 defeat at the hands of Liberty in the NCAA regional double-elimination bracket. The Eagles, seeded third in the four-team regional, fell behind after a five-run third inning that shifted momentum decisively. Boston College had taken an early 2-0 lead with single runs in the first two innings, but a combination of a throwing error, a hit batter, and a walk loaded the bases with one out before Liberty delivered four hits, including a triple by Jordan Jaffe, to score five runs. Jaffe later added a solo home run in the fifth.

Brady Miller started on the mound for Boston College, striking out nine across five innings but allowing five earned runs and six hits before being relieved. Sophomore Ty Mainolfi contributed two of the Eagles’ runs with a solo homer in the opening frame and an RBI single in the ninth. Boston College finished the season at 37-23, tying the program’s single-season win record set in 2005 and matched in 2023, their most recent prior NCAA tournament appearance.

Northeastern’s season also ended Sunday with a narrow 10-9 loss to Arkansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The Huskies rallied in the ninth inning and had the potential winning run at second base with two outs but were ultimately shut down by an outfielder’s fly ball. Freshman AJ Aschettino went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer in the seventh to cut the deficit, while sophomores Will Fosberg and Henry Digiorgio each drove in two runs. Fosberg, a pinch hitter, delivered a key double late in the game to bring the Huskies within two runs, with Digiorgio driving him in shortly thereafter. Northeastern concluded the season with a 39-22 record. Host team Kansas eventually won the regional, defeating Arkansas later on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the top overall seed in the tournament, UCLA, was eliminated after a 6-5 loss to Saint Mary’s in a walk-off decision in the 10th inning. Saint Mary’s, which also defeated UCLA earlier in the regional, overcame a 5-4 deficit in the ninth inning to force extra innings before Makoa Sniffen delivered the winning single. The Bruins concluded their campaign with a 52-8 record. UCLA joins Vanderbilt as the only No. 1 overall seeds to be eliminated in the regionals since the current format was introduced in 1999.

With the regional rounds complete, Georgia, the regional host and third overall seed, advanced to the super regionals, where they will continue their pursuit of a national championship berth.